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Twilight Princess Amiibo functionality revealed
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WW Hero mode is punishing for the first few dungeons. You have to be careful with every enemy and hoard potions.
Once you get 10 or so hearts and two bottles, the game gets much easier. Made me wish there was a true WW hard mode that remained difficult throughout.
Nice Collectable = Negative Value to me. I don't want to own physical things of limited usage. It's like buying overly-specific gimmicky kitchen utensils.
Unfortunately, that would require Nintendo knowing how to implement difficulty levels well in their single player games, which they have shown almost no indication of learning.
Azure Dream
Member
Ironically, the Sonic '06 DLC did make the game less shit. Still shit, but the hard levels and Team Attack Amigo were designed with the game's limitations and issues better in mind.
They even fixed Tails' run speed, but only in the DLC stages.
A "true" hard mode is picking up less heart containers/pieces of heart. It's always been this way with Zelda games.
I remember seeing the cards for Animal Crossing, I just didn't know if they were doing anything else
I didn't know amiibo stock has gotten better. To be honest, I kinda avoid reading anything about them since when you had to preorder, or be lucky enough to preorder, or import or pay extra for a second-hand one.
I know it's not new for Nintendo, but that sort of stuff really made me mad.
Yea if you want challenge don't pick up the hearts.
Heh, the Ganondorf sounds interesting for more seasoned players in addition to Hero Mode.
Isn't the new amiibo supposed to store certain data to be used in the upcoming Zelda game.
Well there's hero mode from the beginning...
Actually in Super Mario Maker you could unlock all of them through the 100 Mario Challenge.
Isn't the new amiibo supposed to store certain data to be used in the upcoming Zelda game.
Well there's hero mode from the beginning...
Actually in Super Mario Maker you could unlock all of them through the 100 Mario Challenge.
Yes it is. We have no clue what it is going to transfer though.
I don't think I'll ever see that.
Pretty funny that anything else is better than the base game in this project.
Like the demo was straight up better than the final game too.
What a trainwreck that was.
I don't think the improvements make the game worth playing in a non ironic way though
Because farming bombs was really fun in Zelda 1.
More than not dropping supplies it needs more shops to not have to go half a world away because you don't have enough supplies.
Ironically that's the case of TP.
As Other M showed, making enemies not drop anything is the wrong way to go about it.
If you do that there's no reason to kill any enemies anymore and since it's a 3D game it's pathetically easy to just ignore any foes and it makes encounter trivial.
the better way to go about it would be to de emphasize sword fighting to make bombs/arrows and the like useful (and I don't mean puzzles like in SS but making battle easier like in Zelda 1 or 3 (heck even OoT)) in battle and be more stingy on how much you can carry so that you need to defeat foes to get more and buy them whenever possible.
I Wanna Be The Guy
U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!
Locking a dungeon and extra hard mode behind amiibo. God damnit. I was hoping Mario Maker would start a precedent with amiibo a just being skins and ones that could also be unlocked without them. Welp.
This doesn't sound like a dungeon, just a second cave of ordeals.
So everyone was making a huge deal over what seem to be a trivial challenge just to get useless Rupees up to 9999?
I still feel jumping to conclusions too soon was the issue, but I'm sure some are still bent that Nintendo is locking what seems to be some pretty trivial challenge that will only grant you 9999 Rupees at the end of it. Nothing really important is being locked out it seems.
I feel some of you just want to complain about anything because we've know for a couple of years that Amiibo. would open up trivial DLC like what this is. So yeah I'm sure the bitching and the salt will be endless even if it is change Link's eyes color behind some Amiibo.
I still feel jumping to conclusions too soon was the issue, but I'm sure some are still bent that Nintendo is locking what seems to be some pretty trivial challenge that will only grant you 9999 Rupees at the end of it. Nothing really important is being locked out it seems.
I feel some of you just want to complain about anything because we've know for a couple of years that Amiibo. would open up trivial DLC like what this is. So yeah I'm sure the bitching and the salt will be endless even if it is change Link's eyes color behind some Amiibo.
andthebeatgoeson
Junior Member
So not a dungeon but a fricken cave. To hold more money. I know there's a principle about this but a bigger wallet in a Zelda game does, literally nothing. No way it was a new dungeon. They wouldn't put that effort into it for the majority to not experience it. They love dungeons.
They even catch feelings because most people don't complete games and don't experience the latter dungeons.
They even catch feelings because most people don't complete games and don't experience the latter dungeons.
I think this'll quickly turn into one of those threads...
HawthorneKitty
Sgt. 2nd Class in the Creep Battalion, Waifu Wars
Probs not. It's fine to not buy it though.
AKA you can't find a legitimate complaint, so you'll just preorder a future one.
Agreed; I don't see a point in taking more damage when the enemies and every other challenge in the game doesn't change, and you (apparently) get absolutely no reward for doing so.
Jonneh3003
Banned
Because it's a fun little feature they decided to tie to the Ganondorf amiibo. He's evil and makes you take more damage, it's pretty cute and funny.
I wasn't saying anything, I was citing the fallacy (ie. agreeing).
Jonneh3003
Banned
Challenge accepted.
The man just wants to be outrage and live in all that salt. Let him have his dream.
But seriously. I said in the other thread it was all jumping to conclusions over nothing and when it turned out to be just that, nothing, people still find ways to be outraged.
The Real Abed
Perma-Junior
You could buy the Magic Armor. Because it requires rupees to work.
diablos991
Can’t stump the diablos
Terrible decision by Nintendo.
Hope this isn't a sign of things to come in the Zelda world.
Hope this isn't a sign of things to come in the Zelda world.
Jonneh3003
Banned
Well it is, Zelda U has amiibo support.
I don't get why everyones acting so upset over this, it's all optional content. I bet a lot of people here didn't even do the Cave of Ordeals in the original release.
Generalpsyduck
Banned
Glorified day 1 dlc.
TheMagician
Member
Terrible use of the Amiibo.
DecoReturns
Member
Was this cave in the original?
MisterHero
Super Member
Also you gotta fill all your bottles with Special "Blink and you'll miss!" Chu Jelly. They're so rare I never even used them.
They're like Great Fairy's Tears except IIRC you could only carry one at a time. But add to that the Chu Jellies then you've got an assortment of unused bottles!
Jonneh3003
Banned
Cave of Ordeals was, we don't know anything about the new one but I'm assuming it's very similar. To answer your question though no it wasn't. The original Cave of Ordeals was kind of like a Zelda horde mode where you just kept fighting different enemies.
Crimsonlink
Member
They spawn all the time after the Eldin Bridge is completed when you go on horseback near a certain area. I'll post the farming location in the OT if its still there when the version comes back. Its literally a cave like area where they fall from the ceiling. I think its also only 1 a bottle and then they stop spawning till you use it.
DecoReturns
Member
Huh. That's funny I don't remember that at all. Oh well Twilight Princess has enough dungeons for me and I never use ruppees unless require so I think I'm good
Hero mode did 4x damage in ALWB by default. I hope that is the base damage for hero mode on TPHD too. That would mean 8x for anyone that is crazy enough
spookyfish
Member
I buy amiibo and I agree.
GustyGardens
Banned
It also got harder as time went on. I'd like to see someone do Cave of Ordeals on Hero Mode with 3 hearts & the Ganondorf amiibo .
chaobreaker
Member
None of these amiibo bonuses make or break the game for me. Rupees were basically useless by the time you can get the largest wallet and even then having that many Rupees only makes the Magic Armor even more powerful. Not sure why anyone would bemoan having to get a amiibo for this other than completionist reasons.
P.S. Hero mode ≠ 2x damage. ALBW had a Hero Mode that dealt 4x damage.
P.S. Hero mode ≠ 2x damage. ALBW had a Hero Mode that dealt 4x damage.
Nintendo's made a very polarising value proposition. If you don't value the figures, and don't value the idea of the figures unlocking things in multiple games then it's a massive rip-off. You you do then it's great.
I think skins and things like the extra hearts/whatever (if they'd stop limiting them to one a day for no reason) is the best that they could do. People that like the figures get a whole bunch of tiny bonuses and people that only want the one thing in the one game now gain the ability to ignore Amiibo completely.
Of course that's all assuming that people feeling forced to buy shit they don't want to get what amounts to heavily overpriced DLC for them isn't Nintendo's goal in the first place. Personally I wouldn't want to be fostering that undercurrent of resentment but that's why I'm not in business I guess.
I have like 30 amiibo and agree. If they also let you access this content as paid dlc I wouldn't have a problem.
efyu_lemonardo
May I have a cookie?
When we get Skyward Sword HD there'll be a Fi amiibo which will cause the in game character to shut up. It's quite brilliant in an evil sort of way 